PSY 102 Exam 1 SCRIPT 2026/2027
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
• Amygdala -✓✓ Two lima bean-sized neural clusters in the limbic system; linked to
emotion
• Cerebellum -✓✓ A large structure of the hindbrain that controls fine motor skills,
balance and coordination
• Short term memory can be increased by? -✓✓ Chunking
• Active Learning Strategies -✓✓ Develop study guides, concept maps, word cards,
question cards, formula cards, problem cards, self-tests, plan essay questions, remark
text/book material
• Episodic memories -✓✓ The ability to learn, store, and retrieve information about
unique personal experiences and events that occur in daily life.
• Semantic memories -✓✓ Memories of general knowledge, including facts, rules,
concepts, and propositions.
• The serial position effect -✓✓ Our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a
list.
• The recency effect -✓✓ Tendency to remember recent information better than earlier
information.
• Retroactive interference -✓✓ The disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old
information.
• Anterograde amnesia -✓✓ The inability to transfer new information from the short-term
into the long-term memory.
• Source amnesia -✓✓ Faulty memory for how, when, or where information was learned
or imagined.
• Research participants are randomly assigned to different groups in an experiment in
order to? -✓✓ Minimize any differences between groups of participants.
• A statement describing the exact procedures for measuring an anticipated
experimental outcome is known as a(n)? -✓✓ operational definition
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
• Amygdala -✓✓ Two lima bean-sized neural clusters in the limbic system; linked to
emotion
• Cerebellum -✓✓ A large structure of the hindbrain that controls fine motor skills,
balance and coordination
• Short term memory can be increased by? -✓✓ Chunking
• Active Learning Strategies -✓✓ Develop study guides, concept maps, word cards,
question cards, formula cards, problem cards, self-tests, plan essay questions, remark
text/book material
• Episodic memories -✓✓ The ability to learn, store, and retrieve information about
unique personal experiences and events that occur in daily life.
• Semantic memories -✓✓ Memories of general knowledge, including facts, rules,
concepts, and propositions.
• The serial position effect -✓✓ Our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a
list.
• The recency effect -✓✓ Tendency to remember recent information better than earlier
information.
• Retroactive interference -✓✓ The disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old
information.
• Anterograde amnesia -✓✓ The inability to transfer new information from the short-term
into the long-term memory.
• Source amnesia -✓✓ Faulty memory for how, when, or where information was learned
or imagined.
• Research participants are randomly assigned to different groups in an experiment in
order to? -✓✓ Minimize any differences between groups of participants.
• A statement describing the exact procedures for measuring an anticipated
experimental outcome is known as a(n)? -✓✓ operational definition
